6 Automating operational tasks with Lambda
This chapter covers
- Creating a Lambda function to perform periodic health checks of a website
- Triggering a Lambda function with EventBridge events to automate DevOps tasks
- Searching through your Lambda function’s logs with CloudWatch
- Monitoring Lambda functions with CloudWatch alarms
- Configuring IAM roles so Lambda functions can access other services
This chapter is about adding a new tool to your toolbox. The tool we’re talking about, AWS Lambda, is as flexible as a Swiss Army knife. You don’t need a virtual machine to run your own code anymore, because AWS Lambda offers execution environments for C#/.NET Core, Go, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Python, and Ruby. All you have to do is implement a function, ...
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